Improvement in mucilage-holders



H. T. CUSHMAN.

M u ci I ag e H o I d e r.

Patented im 1, 1875.

No.16v3,919.

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STATES PATENT @Futon HENRY T. GUSHMAN, OF BENNINGTON, VERMONT.

IMPRQVEMENT IN MUCILAGE-HOLDERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 163,919, dated June 1,1875; application filed March 18, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY T. GUsHMAN, of Bennington, in the county ofBennington and State of Vermont, have invented an ImprovedMucilage-Holder, of which the following is a specification:

This mucilage stand or case is designed to supply a long-sought-fordisideratum among book-keepers, clerks, and others who in theprosecution of their business have frequent occasion to use mucilage orother adhesive material. Its novelty consists in combining in one standa chamber to contain dry adhesive material, (which I put up in anysuitable form desired, as, for instance, in granulated or regulargeometrical forms, which forms or pieces are of such size that one ofthem when dissolved forms sufficient liquid adhesive material to chargethe reservoir,) and a reservoir in which to dissolve such material andhold the solution when prepared for use.

These two features maybe so constructed and arranged that that portionof the stand which contains one of the receptacles shall serve as acover or cap to and an inclosure of the other. Its utility consists increatng a chamber within the stand, which can be securely and tightlyinclosed for storing dry adhesive material in a granulated, cubical,spherical, or other desired form, and which chamber has capacity forcontaining enough of such material to keep the reservoir supplied formonths or years, if need be. This provision facilitates the readyreplenishing of the reservoir when empty, as it is only necessary toremove the cap and from the chamber remove and deposit in the reservoirsuch quantity of the dry material as when dissolved will make therequisite amount of liquid mucilage, the material being of such -acharacter as to be soluble in either hot or able for use, it being wellknown that when a.

large quantity of any of the adhesive gums in liquid form, or pastes, iskept for a long time exposed in an ordinary stand, it in time becomesrancid, too viscous, and entirely unt for use.

The construction and general features of my invention are apparent fromthe drawing hereto annexed, and which forms a part of this specication,which exhibits a semi-elevation and semi-vertical section of myinvention in the same figure.

I have shown but one of many adaptations of which my invention issusceptible, in this the reservoir being located above thematerial-chamber; but, by a slight change of construction, any skilledmechanic could vary or depart from this particular form of constructionwithout essentially chan gin g the character of the combination-as, forinstance, by constructing the reservoir and chamber in the samehorizontal plane and side by side.

I have constructed, and shown in the drawing, a base, A, ot' wood, orother suitable material, turned to asize and shape, and provided with ashoulder, I, to receive the cap B. The interior of this base ischambered ont, as seen at H, to receive the solidified or granulatedmucilaginous material D D. (Here shown in the form of lozenges.) rlhecap B is ofthe same or similar material as the base, and is constructedwith an externally-curved swell or enlargement, K, the interior beingconcaved correspondingly; the object of this peculiar form ofconstruction being to create an annular concave chamber within the cap,and between that vand the glass reservoir J, for the reception of thematerial inserted therein for the purpose of fastening the reservoirwithin the cap. There is an aperture in the top of this cap, throughwhich the neck of the fountain or reservoir protrudes.

In process of construction, when the several parts are ready to be puttogether, I invert the cap B, and insert the neck of the reservoirthrough the aperture in the cap B provided therefor, takin g care thatthe shoulder about the neck of the reservoir makes a tight joint withthe interior adjacent corner of the cap B at L. I then fill the chamberbetween the reservoir and the annular concavity of the -cap withanyliquid or plastic material, C, which has the property of hardeningrapidly up to about the point M, leaving space sufficient to allow ot'the cap being brought to its seat on the base,

Without the top edge of that portion of the base forming the chamber Hcoming in contact with the concrete C. By thus filling in the space upto the point M the material C closes over the bottom of the reservoir,so that when solidified it prevents the reservoir from becoming loosenedor detached Without breaking' out and removing such lling.

When properly constructed and put together this stand bears no externalevidence of being more than a common reservoir or fountain,the ,joint Ibeing concealed by its peculiar form of construction.

Its advantages over all sorts of mucilagefountains heretofore usedconsist in the fact that, in the style, and constructed upon theprinciples herein elucidated, and stocked with drymaterial,it can besafely packed and transported by mail or otherwise any distance Withoutdanger of breakage or injury, the design being to construct the case orstand which in.

closes the glass reservoir and the dry adhesive matter, composed of thebase A and cap B, of such material that any ordinarily rough handling,blows, or dropping ofthe same will entail no injury or damage to eitherthe reser- Voir or contents. i

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure and protect by Letters Patent, is

l. Mucilagestands provided with a chamber for containing dry adhesivematerial, and a separate reservoir for dissolving such dry material, andcontaining the liquid adhesive product so formed, all combined in onecase, in which that portion ofthe case which incloses or protects theglass fountain or reservoir also serves to cover or inclose the chambercontaining the dry material aforesaid, substantially as described andset forth.

2. The combination of the base A, provided with the chamber H, with thecap B and reservoir J, for the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereto affixed my hand at North Bennington,Vermont, this 9th day of March, A. D. 1875.

HENRY T. CUSHMAN. Witnesses:

S. B. HALL, FRANK G. MA'rrrsoN.

